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North Carolinians Experience Obamacare Sticker Shock

The Charlotte Observer over the weekend published this article discussing “sticker shock” that many across North Carolina are facing when receiving letters from their health insurance providers, thanks primarily to the (Un)Affordable Care Act.

Across North Carolina, thousands of people have been shocked in recent weeks to find out their health insurance plans will be canceled at the end of the year – and premiums for comparable coverage could increase sharply.

One of them is George Schwab of Charlotte, who pays $228 a month for his family’s $10,000 deductible plan from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

In a Sept. 23 letter, Blue Cross notified him that his current plan doesn’t meet benefit requirements outlined in the Affordable Care Act and suggested a comparable plan for $1,208 a month – $980 more than he now pays.

“The President told the American people numerous times that… ‘If you like your coverage, you can keep it,’” Schwab said. “How can we keep it if it has been eliminated? How can we keep it if the premium has been increased 430 percent in one year?”

Are you experiencing similar sticker shock from your health insurance rate hikes? Or did your employer eliminate insurance coverage or cut back hours in response to Obamacare? We want to hear from you. We have already begun posting stories from real people being adversely affected by Obamacare, we’d like to share your story too. It is important for the public to be educated about how this new law is impacting people across the Tar Heel State.

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